Polished & Waxed the GP

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  1. 9th October 2008, 01:47 PM #1
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    Sorry I have no before pics,
    On sunday about 4 in the afternoon I started to do the GP. Total time was about 20 hours start to finish (spread over sunday, monday,tuesday) as the sun was out again today (well for a wee while anyway) I managed to get some outdoor pics.
    Products used...
    Sunday
    >pressure wash
    >snow foam (Super Snow Foam )
    >wheels washed (Meguiars Wheel Brightner)
    >pressure wash
    >black trim & tyres cleaned (Meguiars All Purpose Cleaner)
    >washed with 2BM (Meguiars Gold Class Shampoo)
    >car was then dried (Sonus Der Wunder Drying Towel)
    Monday
    >quick spay clean (Meguiars Last Touch)
    >taped up black trim ready for polishing
    >G220 used with Sonus SFX-3 Final Finish & Wax Pad & Sonus SFX-3 Final Finish Polish
    >glaze was next (Meguiars #7 Show Car Glaze)
    >first coat of wax (Dodo Juice - Supernatural)
    >tyres dressed (Meguiars High Gloss Tyre gel)
    >black trim done (black wow)
    Tuesday
    >quick spay clean (Meguiars Last Touch)
    >second coat of wax (Dodo Juice - Supernatural)
    Also hoover and cleaned inside....
    Outdoor pics











    A couple of reflection shots..



    I liked this one.. 2 classic minis can fit in a new MINI..


    All clean and waxed for the winter
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  2. 9th October 2008, 02:03 PM #2
    RyanK
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    Looking very good, some amount of work has went into it! Is that i all parked up for the winter? Noticed you removed some stuff on the car in which makes it look all the better. Am I right in saying you have removed the silver line round the bonnet scoop, removed the vinyl at the back of the number plate and removed the side markers?

    P.S what did you use to cover up the arch reflectors on the bumpers?

    Cheers
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  3. 9th October 2008, 02:39 PM #3
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    The chap I bought the GP from removed the bits you are talking aboutryan, he bought another set of orange markers and
    got the sprayed thunder blue (I still have the original ones) he also
    debadged the boot, but I didn't like that so I put them back on.
    It has now done 2000 miles, I will use it though the winter but only on good days, will use VOLVIC (orange sportspack) as my everyday car now..
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  4. 9th October 2008, 03:11 PM #4
    Craig
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    Very Nice

    Wish I had a big garage like you...
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  5. 9th October 2008, 04:02 PM #5
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    love absolutely everything about these cars apart from the wheels and the price nice job!
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  6. 9th October 2008, 04:17 PM #6
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    Mmmmmm very very nice car u got there - stunning

    Me?...I'm not jealous at all !!!
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  7. 9th October 2008, 05:23 PM #7
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    That looks amazing! I wish I had the time and patience to clean mine like that. As soon as I get mine cleanish I want to take it out and show it off!

    "It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock and roll...."
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  8. 9th October 2008, 05:56 PM #8
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    Very nice... Good job
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  9. 9th October 2008, 06:00 PM #9
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    Thats looking awesome... Nice work, what time will i take mine round this weekend...
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  10. 9th October 2008, 06:39 PM #10
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    Wish i could make my car that clean. But the next day its filthy again
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